Swoboda elected leader of S&D MEPs

Hannes Swoboda, an Austrian MEP, has been elected leader of the Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament. Swoboda will succeed Martin Schulz, who was today elected European Parliament president.

Swoboda received 102 votes, beating Catherine Trautmann, a French MEP, who received 45 votes. Stephen Hughes, a UK MEP, was in third place with 37 votes.

Swoboda will serve as group leader until the end of the Parliament's mandate in June 2014.